Combined door bumper and holder.



U. G. MILLER.

GOMBINED DOOB. BUMPER AND HOLDER.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915,

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28, 1914.

'HE NORRIS PETERS c0., PHOTC-LITHQ. WASHINGTON. D. C.

COMBINED DOOR BUMPER AND HOLDER.

Application filed October 28, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ULYSSES G. MILLER, a citizen of the United States,residing 'at Lebo, in the county of Coffey and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Door Bumpersand Holders; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combined door bumpers and holders, and one ofthe principal objects of the invention is to provide a device of simpleconstruction which can be manufactured at low cost and which willoperate eliiciently to prevent a door from slamming open and will alsohold the door open when connected to the holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple device to beconnected to the base board for serving as a cushion against which saiddoor may be opened, and to serve as a holder to hold the door open.

The foregoing and other objects may be attained by means of theconstruction illus trated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a sectional view through the combined bumper and holderconnected to a base board, and showing the stud connected to the doorfor attachment to the holder, F 2 is a detail sectional view showing thehead of the door holder engaged with the spring clasp in the tubularportion of the bumper. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 88 of Fig.1.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the fraction of abase board and 9. is a portion of a door. Connected to the base board 1is a metal tube 3 having an outwardly extending annular flange 1connected to the base board 1 by means of a collar 5, and suitablerivets 6 which extend through the collar 5 base 6 formed upon or securedto a centrally disposed holding element 7 provided with a screw 8 whichis adapted to be inserted in the base board and turned into place tohold a device firmly connected to said base board. The element 7 isprovided with spring jaws 8 which are curved as shown in Fig. 1. Aninner tube 9 is connected to the tube 3, and the protector tubes arepro- Specification of Letters Patent.

and through a solid Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

Serial 1%. 869,069.

vided with inwardly turned flanges at their upper ends, said flangesbeing designated by the numerals 10 on the outer tube and 11 on theinner tube. A rubber bumper 12 is connected to the tubes 3 and 9 bymeans of a groove 13 in the bumper in which is fitted the flange 10 onthe outer tube, while the flange 11 on the inner tube supports thebumper in place. The bumper 12 is provided with a flaring centralaperture 1 1.

The stud member 15 is provided with a long shank 16 having abarrel-shaped head 17 thereon. The stud member is provided with asuitable base and a screw 18 leading from the base to be connected tothe door in alinenient with the bumper and holder connected to the baseboard.

The operation of the device may be briefly described as follows: Whenthe door is thrown open, the head 17 of the stud member passes into theopening 14 and between the jaws 8 of the holder while the bumper 12comes into contact with the base portion of the stud thus making theopening of the door noiseless and preventing slamming.

The device is simple in construction, may be manufactured at low cost,and is strong, durable and etlicient for its purpose.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in theclaim.

What is claimed is A combined door bumper and holder comprising atubular casing, consisting of an inner tube and an outer tube, a collarfor holding said tubes connected to a base member, a holding elementconnected to said base member, a screw connected to said base member forattaching the device in position on the base board, a rubber bumperconnected to said casing, and provided with a central aperture, saidholder being provided with curved resilient jaws, and a stud having ascrew for attachment to a door in line with said bumper, said studhaving a cylindrical head to engage the resilient members of the holder.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ULYSSES G. MILLER.

Witnesses:

E. L. TRAYLoR, WAYNE M. TRAYLOR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Iatents,

' Washington, D. C.

